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The Pine Belt beer scene has been active in Hattiesburg and Laurel, not only because of the number of drinking-age customers around the community colleges and universities in the area.

The recent establishment of successful microbreweries has pushed the social aspect of drinking beer to the spotlight in local restaurants and taverns. Slowboat Brewing of Laurel and Southern Prohibition Brewing Company of Hattiesburg have reached customers throughout Mississippi and beyond its borders.

Kevin Moore, 46, was born and raised in New Orleans. He graduated from Marion Abramson High School in New Orleans and has been cooking ever since he was 14. He’s been at Plaid Rhino for four years, and said “If anyone could be called Mr. Plaid, it would probably be me!”

What’s one ingredient that you can't live without?
Salt. It’s the base of all ingredients.

What’s your favorite type of music to listen to when cooking?
Hip Hop or High Tempo music,

Scenario: You’re getting together with family – a pretty big, multi-generational group WITH kids. You’re going out to dinner without a reservation. You want time to catch up with the grown folks, but Grandpa’s been sneaking sugar to the kids all day, and they are bouncing off the walls.

Josh Casper, 30, grew up in Picayune and graduated with a BA in Psychology from USM in 2008. He cooked in Portland, OR for four years before returning back to Hattiesburg in June 2014. He won an award from the Sales & Marketing Professionals Pine Belt earlier this year for the Depot and was also nominated for Best Chef of the Pine Belt at Signature Magazine’s Best of the Pine Belt in 2016.

What’s one ingredient that you can't live without?
Fat. (Though my co-workers want me to say lemon because I pretty much put it in or on everything.)

Since 2005, Signature Magazine has been South Mississippi's premier lifestyles magazine. Spotlighting the people, places, and things that make South Mississippi so unique, Signature is published monthly and is the most-popular and most widely-distributed publication in the region